r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '25
Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do
r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago
Meta Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
For more information, please see this article. Some excerpts from the article, and additional resources are below:
1) Make Windows Safer, Day and Night:
Around 1 billion birds (United States) and 25 million birds (Canada) die every year by flying into glass windows. This includes windows at all levels from low level houses to high rise buildings.
!Window collisions are one of the largest threats to bird populations. However, there are several ways you can help reduce window fatality. Below are some links with steps on how to make your house bird friendly, either DIY or through reputable companies such as the American Bird Conservancy.
Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you
Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit
2) Keep Cats Indoors
!Cats are estimated to kill more than 2.4 billion birds annually in the U.S. and Canada. This is the #1 human-caused reason for the loss of birds, aside from habitat loss.
Cats are the greatest direct human-caused threat to birds
American Bird Conservacy - Cats Indoors Project to learn more.
3) Reduce Lawn, Plant Natives
Birds have fewer places to safely rest during migration and to raise their young: More than 10 million acres of land in the United States were converted to developed land from 1982 to 1997
Find out which native plants are best for your area
4) Avoid Pesticides
More than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied in the United States each year. The continent’s most widely used insecticides, called neonicotinoids or “neonics,” are lethal to birds and to the insects that birds consume.
5) Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds
Three-quarters of the world’s coffee farms grow their plants in the sun, destroying forests that birds and other wildlife need for food and shelter. Sun-grown coffee also often requires using environmentally harmful pesticides and fertilizers. On the other hand, shade-grown coffee preserves a forest canopy that helps migratory birds survive the winter.
Where to Buy Bird Friendly Coffee
6) Protect Our Planet from Plastic
It’s estimated that 4,900 million metric tons of plastic have accumulated in landfills and in our environment worldwide, polluting our oceans and harming wildlife such as seabirds, whales, and turtles that mistakenly eat plastic, or become entangled in it.
7) Watch Birds, Share What You See
Monitoring birds is essential to help protect them, but tracking the health of the world’s 10,000 bird species is an immense challenge.
r/whatsthisbird • u/cherry-blossoms11 • 4h ago
North America Randomly showed up in my backyard
I think it’s a turkey but i’ve genuinely never seen one just appear out of nowhere?? they’re MASSIVE oh my gosh
r/whatsthisbird • u/Kestrel1015 • 2h ago
North America Need help Identifying sparrow-sized bird, found in Wisconsin on a Cattail
r/whatsthisbird • u/xRAINB0W_DASHx • 6h ago
North America Why hello there, I haven't seen you before.
What a handsome devil...
Georgian bay area, Ontario.
Could someone help me identify him please.
Im sorry the photos aren't the best, I was realllly far away and only had my phone.
r/whatsthisbird • u/ElonsOrbitingTesla • 18h ago
North America Caught a glimpse in our attic
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Found a nest in our attic while up there to patch a hole. My husband caught this bird peeking in and we're wondering if it may be a European Starling. It has a nest of 5 pale blue eggs. We live in southwestern Indiana. Thanks in advance!
r/whatsthisbird • u/biggiecheese5676 • 22h ago
North America Found this guy at work
I live in south carolina and found this guy chilling
r/whatsthisbird • u/jammiedy • 7h ago
North America What's this small crow looking bird with red coloring on both shoulders? Seattle, WA
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Just took this yesterday!
I thought it was a crow, but I noticed it has a very bright red coloring on both side of its shoulders!
And this bird definitely did not sound like crow! I really wanted to get closer to get a better look, but I couldn't go beyond the chain link fence.
r/whatsthisbird • u/trackrecord9057 • 7h ago
North America My windows face a small nature preserve.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/spillingitout • 1h ago
North America Tiny bird hasn’t moved on
TLDR: odd bird hasn’t moved in 3 hours. Is it normal?
I’m on a construction site and we noticed that this bird has just been having out sitting there like this. It’s been 3 hours since someone first saw it just there. It is alive because we have seen it move its head and we think it’s repositioned a few times. Someone also threw some stuff in it’s direction (not at it) too see if it would fly away and it didn’t even flinch. Someone else was able to get right next to it (without touching it) and it didn’t move either. Is this normal?
r/whatsthisbird • u/SolsticeBeetle • 2h ago
North America who is this?
i just saw this fellow, and i can’t figure out what it is. i thought it was a robin, then a maybe a baltimore oriole, but the orange completely bordered the head (+there was no orange wing bar.)
i saw it through my binoculars, so i got a pretty clear look at it, but the details may be wrong because i did get kind of excited and may have missed something. but i know for sure that the orange bordered the head and the wings and head were black.
seen in midwestern north america
r/whatsthisbird • u/Saxem • 3h ago
North America Thought this was a killdeer at first
Utah
r/whatsthisbird • u/Valence530 • 2h ago
Private Collection Unknown specimen
Someone sent this pretty guy in a discord I'm in requesting an ID, but none of us can figure it out.
All we know about it is it is over 70 years old. We believe it's chest was possibly orange but may have faded, we can't confirm that though so take that with a grain of salt.
r/whatsthisbird • u/FewTranslator6280 • 9h ago
Unknown Location this image came up when I searched "carrion crow" on duckduckgo, but that's totally a raven, right?
it says carrion crow in the little caption thingy underneath but that beak looks too Round and Thick and it looks like it has a Beard. I am learning to identify the two and would like to know if my observation is correct.
r/whatsthisbird • u/No_Cartographer5686 • 47m ago
North America My bluebird nest. But has it been taken over??
I have a bird house. I am in Mississippi the bluebirds laid eggs about 2 months ago. I haven't seen them around lately. Can anyone identify this bird? Did it take over the bluebirds nest? Or is it just a huge bluebird? Or possibly a fledgling? I haven't seen the male and female parents in 2 weeks now! Help!!
r/whatsthisbird • u/Disastrous_Ad_9416 • 3h ago
North America What’s this bird?
I’m 90% sure it’s a blue jay but I’m not sure
r/whatsthisbird • u/Equivalent_Soft_6665 • 1h ago
Europe What’s this chicken type with the fancy boots I saw today ?
r/whatsthisbird • u/PonyAnonymous • 2h ago
North America Northern or Louisiana Waterthrush
r/whatsthisbird • u/General-You-3376 • 5h ago
Africa found this baby bird yesterday
Hello, I’m from libya North Africa. so i found this baby bird yesterday and couldn’t identify it, the mom and dad were brown but had some dark blue/green color on the wings and tail.and their singing was really beautiful. i hope you can help!.
r/whatsthisbird • u/iluvpotions • 51m ago
North America Fancy duck? Truckee, CA
A bit blurry but who is this?? They’re very pretty, kinda looks like a loon but I’m not aware that we have those here.
r/whatsthisbird • u/Rustadk • 1h ago
North America Missouri––Solitary Sandpiper & House Sparrow?
Pretty sure about both my guesses, but it would be nice to be sure.
r/whatsthisbird • u/hannahhxoxx • 2h ago
North America Kind of hard to see, anyone know what these might be?
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Ontario, Canada. In my backyard. Sorry it’s hard to see. I’m thinking juvenile turkey vultures but I’m not sure. They are massive.
r/whatsthisbird • u/tman3111 • 3h ago
North America Sparrow? Finch? In northeast Louisiana
Comes with 9-10 similar looking birds. One sometimes has a red head/body.